Biofilms and wounds: Much ado about nothing?

Wounds UK

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 84-90

  Cooper, Rose ^a  

^a CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofilm control; Biofilm detection; Biofilms; Chronic wounds

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN;

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BIOFILM; BIOPSY; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; CHRONIC WOUND; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DENTAL CARIES; DIABETIC FOOT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCARDITIS; ENVIRONMENT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMYELITIS; OTITIS MEDIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TEMPERATURE; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 78650732644     PISSN: 17466814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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